Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.
Start by marking “Boycott: The Autobiography” as Want to Read:
Boycott: The Autobiography
'Misguided, mishandled, criticised and crucified - and only because he's different, ' said Brian Clough. 'The ultimate perfectionist ... he comes nearer to faultlessness than anyone else, ' said John Arlott. Captain of Yorkshire and England, yet discarded by both when still at his peak, Boycott was at the top for over twenty years. Here he tells his own story.
He talks of h ...more
He talks of h ...more
Paperback
,
320 pages
Published
by Pan Publishing
(first published 1987)
Reader Q&A
To ask other readers questions about
Boycott
,
please sign up
.
Be the first to ask a question about Boycott
This book is not yet featured on Listopia.
Add this book to your favorite list »
Community Reviews
(showing
1-30
of
39)
Geoffrey Boycott is undoubtedly one of my favourite cricketers. Not a "hero" cricketer like a Botham, a Richards, an Imran or Majid Khan or an Adam Gilchrist or Shane Warne, but someone who achieved greatness through hard work, application, dedication and unrelenting graft, even in the face of great adversity.
I learnt a lot about him from this autobiography, written shortly after he'd been "sacked" from cricket by his beloved Yorkshire in the mid 1980's. I didn't know that he'd lost his spleen a ...more
I learnt a lot about him from this autobiography, written shortly after he'd been "sacked" from cricket by his beloved Yorkshire in the mid 1980's. I didn't know that he'd lost his spleen a ...more
Fantastic, albeit biased insight into a remarkable career. More Yorkshire insights than England, Headingley 1981 is barely mentioned. A remarkable player who seems disliked wherever he goes!
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
